diff --git a/rust/lance-core/src/utils/blob.rs b/rust/lance-core/src/utils/blob.rs
index 2e38c95ee93..b51a53895f6 100644
--- a/rust/lance-core/src/utils/blob.rs
+++ b/rust/lance-core/src/utils/blob.rs
@@ -3,38 +3,25 @@
 
 use object_store::path::Path;
 
-/// Format a dedicated blob sidecar path for a data file.
+/// Format a blob sidecar path for a data file.
 ///
-/// Layout: `<base>/<data_file_key>/<blob_id>.raw`
+/// Layout: `<base>/<data_file_key>/<blob_id>.blob`
 /// - `base` is typically the dataset's data directory.
 /// - `data_file_key` is the stem of the data file (without extension).
-pub fn dedicated_blob_path(base: &Path, data_file_key: &str, blob_id: u32) -> Path {
-    let file_name = format!("{:08x}.raw", blob_id);
+/// - `blob_id` is the hex-encoded identifier assigned during write.
+pub fn blob_path(base: &Path, data_file_key: &str, blob_id: u32) -> Path {
+    let file_name = format!("{:08x}.blob", blob_id);
     base.child(data_file_key).child(file_name.as_str())
 }
 
-/// Format a packed blob sidecar path for a data file.
-///
-/// Layout: `<base>/<data_file_key>/<blob_id>.pack`
-pub fn pack_blob_path(base: &Path, data_file_key: &str, blob_id: u32) -> Path {
-    let file_name = format!("{:08x}.pack", blob_id);
-    base.child(data_file_key).child(file_name.as_str())
-}
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_dedicated_blob_path_formatting() {
-        let base = Path::from("base");
-        let path = dedicated_blob_path(&base, "deadbeef", 2);
-        assert_eq!(path.to_string(), "base/deadbeef/00000002.raw");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_pack_blob_path_formatting() {
+    fn test_blob_path_formatting() {
         let base = Path::from("base");
-        let path = pack_blob_path(&base, "cafebabe", 3);
-        assert_eq!(path.to_string(), "base/cafebabe/00000003.pack");
+        let path = blob_path(&base, "deadbeef", 2);
+        assert_eq!(path.to_string(), "base/deadbeef/00000002.blob");
     }
 }
diff --git a/rust/lance/src/dataset/blob.rs b/rust/lance/src/dataset/blob.rs
index d56b9e2fb8a..7abf9c7d5f1 100644
--- a/rust/lance/src/dataset/blob.rs
+++ b/rust/lance/src/dataset/blob.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use super::take::TakeBuilder;
 use super::{Dataset, ProjectionRequest};
 use arrow_array::StructArray;
 use lance_core::datatypes::{BlobKind, BlobVersion};
-use lance_core::utils::blob::{dedicated_blob_path, pack_blob_path};
+use lance_core::utils::blob::blob_path;
 use lance_core::{utils::address::RowAddress, Error, Result};
 use lance_io::traits::Reader;
 
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ const INLINE_MAX: usize = 64 * 1024; // 64KB inline cutoff
 const DEDICATED_THRESHOLD: usize = 4 * 1024 * 1024; // 4MB dedicated cutoff
 const PACK_FILE_MAX_SIZE: usize = 1024 * 1024 * 1024; // 1GiB per .pack sidecar
 
-// Maintains rolling `.pack` sidecar files for packed blobs.
-// Layout: data/{data_file_key}/{blob_id:08x}.pack where each file is an
+// Maintains rolling `.blob` sidecar files for packed blobs.
+// Layout: data/{data_file_key}/{blob_id:08x}.blob where each file is an
 // unframed concatenation of blob payloads; descriptors store (blob_id,
 // position, size) to locate each slice. A dedicated struct keeps path state
 // and rolling size separate from the per-batch preprocessor logic, so we can
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl PackWriter {
     }
 
     async fn start_new_pack(&mut self, blob_id: u32) -> Result<()> {
-        let path = pack_blob_path(&self.data_dir, &self.data_file_key, blob_id);
+        let path = blob_path(&self.data_dir, &self.data_file_key, blob_id);
         let writer = self.object_store.create(&path).await?;
         self.writer = Some(writer);
         self.current_blob_id = Some(blob_id);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ impl PackWriter {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    /// Append `data` to the current `.pack` file, rolling to a new file when
+    /// Append `data` to the current `.blob` file, rolling to a new file when
     /// `max_pack_size` would be exceeded.
     ///
     /// alloc_blob_id: called only when a new pack file is opened; returns the
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ impl BlobPreprocessor {
     }
 
     async fn write_dedicated(&mut self, blob_id: u32, data: &[u8]) -> Result<Path> {
-        let path = dedicated_blob_path(&self.data_dir, &self.data_file_key, blob_id);
+        let path = blob_path(&self.data_dir, &self.data_file_key, blob_id);
         let mut writer = self.object_store.create(&path).await?;
         writer.write_all(data).await?;
         writer.shutdown().await?;
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ async fn collect_blob_files_v2(
                         })?;
 
                 let data_file_key = data_file_key_from_path(data_file.path.as_str());
-                let path = dedicated_blob_path(&dataset.data_dir(), data_file_key, blob_id);
+                let path = blob_path(&dataset.data_dir(), data_file_key, blob_id);
                 files.push(BlobFile::new_dedicated(dataset.clone(), path, size));
             }
             BlobKind::Packed => {
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ async fn collect_blob_files_v2(
                             location: location!(),
                         })?;
                 let data_file_key = data_file_key_from_path(data_file.path.as_str());
-                let path = pack_blob_path(&dataset.data_dir(), data_file_key, blob_id);
+                let path = blob_path(&dataset.data_dir(), data_file_key, blob_id);
                 files.push(BlobFile::new_packed(dataset.clone(), path, position, size));
             }
             BlobKind::External => {