StevenG17........a 12" steel rule, an older fashioned Stanley knife and a kitchen Teflon cutting board + a sharp HB pencil
If you are right-handed, apply pressure via thumb & fingers of the left hand over the ruler & slowly score the first pencil line & check [left-handed just reverse]
When confirmed as OK continue slowly cutting until the cut is made
You can apply more pressure with the larger body of the old style Stanley knife, over the smaller body and so less wobble or possibility of snapping the segmented blade
Derek