Can someone translate this for me?

[bourru50]

Hi, can someone give this a go at translation? Thanks, Kirk. 

[bourru50]

[uwe]

“伯耆住金谷勝正作” (Hōki jū Kanaya Katsumasa saku).

Dated “Shōwa 16” (1941)

[mecox]

Kirk, better to read this way, and summary from Sesko:

KATSUMASA (勝正), Tottori – “Hōki Kanaya Katsumasa saku” (伯耆金谷勝正作),   “Hōki-jū Kanaya Katsumasa kore o saku” (伯耆住金谷勝正作之),

family name Kanaya (金谷), he also engraved a single coin crest onto his tangs, jōkō no retsu (Akihide),   Second Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀 展覧会, 1941)

 

 

                             

[bourru50]

Thank you so much. Guy said WW2 guess he was right. 

[Swords]

Thanks guys for your help