Mr. Li Zhiqin is the designer, inventor, and creator of the classic Lishi Tools. In the early 2000s, Mr. Li worked with his locksmith friends and trainees to develop his line of lock picks in his backyard factory, in Qinghuangdao, Hebei, China.

Mr. Li’s classic Lishi tools won great reputation among locksmiths all over the world over the next decade. In 2017 Mr Li moved the business to an even larger factory with better facilities, and this new factory is dedicated to producing lock picks of the best possible quality.

The classic Lishi Tools are well established as some of the best lock picking tools in the world today and trusted by locksmiths everywhere.