diff --git a/pyiceberg/table/deletion_vector.py b/pyiceberg/table/deletion_vector.py
index f337c758a7..88fb3daf73 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/table/deletion_vector.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/table/deletion_vector.py
@@ -77,11 +77,17 @@ def to_vector(self) -> "pa.ChunkedArray":
         return self._bitmaps_to_chunked_array(self._bitmaps)
 
 
+def _extract_vector_payload(blob_payload: bytes) -> bytes:
+    """Strip deletion-vector-v1 blob framing: length(4 big-endian) + DV magic(4) ... CRC(4 big-endian)."""
+    length_prefix = int.from_bytes(blob_payload[0:4], "big")
+    return blob_payload[8 : 4 + length_prefix]
+
+
 def deletion_vectors_from_puffin_file(puffin_file: PuffinFile) -> list[DeletionVector]:
     return [
         DeletionVector(
             referenced_data_file=blob.properties[PROPERTY_REFERENCED_DATA_FILE],
-            bitmaps=DeletionVector._deserialize_bitmap(puffin_file.get_blob_payload(blob)),
+            bitmaps=DeletionVector._deserialize_bitmap(_extract_vector_payload(puffin_file.get_blob_payload(blob))),
         )
         for blob in puffin_file.footer.blobs
     ]
diff --git a/pyiceberg/table/puffin.py b/pyiceberg/table/puffin.py
index 571687bb3f..07874176c2 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/table/puffin.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/table/puffin.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from pydantic import Field
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 
 class PuffinBlobMetadata(IcebergBaseModel):
-    type: Literal["deletion-vector-v1"] = Field()
+    type: str = Field()
     fields: list[int] = Field()
     snapshot_id: int = Field(alias="snapshot-id")
     sequence_number: int = Field(alias="sequence-number")
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Footer(IcebergBaseModel):
 
 class PuffinFile:
     footer: Footer
-    _payload: bytes
+    _file_bytes: bytes
 
     def __init__(self, puffin: bytes) -> None:
         for magic_bytes in [puffin[:4], puffin[-4:]]:
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ def __init__(self, puffin: bytes) -> None:
         footer_payload_size_int = int.from_bytes(puffin[-12:-8], byteorder="little")
 
         self.footer = Footer.model_validate_json(puffin[-(footer_payload_size_int + 12) : -12])
-        self._payload = puffin[8:]
+        self._file_bytes = puffin
 
     def get_blob_payload(self, blob: PuffinBlobMetadata) -> bytes:
-        return self._payload[blob.offset : blob.offset + blob.length]
+        return self._file_bytes[blob.offset : blob.offset + blob.length]
 
     @deprecated(deprecated_in="0.12.0", removed_in="0.13.0", help_message="Use deletion_vectors_from_puffin_file(...) instead")
     def to_vector(self) -> dict[str, "pa.ChunkedArray"]:
diff --git a/tests/table/puffin/v1/empty-puffin-uncompressed.bin b/tests/table/puffin/v1/empty-puffin-uncompressed.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..142b45bd4e
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diff --git a/tests/table/puffin/v1/sample-metric-data-uncompressed.bin b/tests/table/puffin/v1/sample-metric-data-uncompressed.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab8da13822
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diff --git a/tests/table/test_puffin.py b/tests/table/test_puffin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc7d56a6b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/table/test_puffin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+from os import path
+
+from pyiceberg.table.puffin import PuffinFile
+
+
+def _open_file(file: str) -> bytes:
+    cur_dir = path.dirname(path.realpath(__file__))
+    with open(f"{cur_dir}/puffin/{file}", "rb") as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+def test_read_empty_uncompressed() -> None:
+    puffin_bytes = _open_file("v1/empty-puffin-uncompressed.bin")
+    pf = PuffinFile(puffin_bytes)
+
+    assert pf.footer.blobs == []
+    assert pf.footer.properties == {}
+
+
+def test_read_two_blobs_uncompressed() -> None:
+    puffin_bytes = _open_file("v1/sample-metric-data-uncompressed.bin")
+    pf = PuffinFile(puffin_bytes)
+
+    assert pf.footer.properties == {"created-by": "Test 1234"}
+    assert len(pf.footer.blobs) == 2
+
+    blob1 = pf.footer.blobs[0]
+    assert blob1.type == "some-blob"
+    assert blob1.fields == [1]
+    assert blob1.snapshot_id == 2
+    assert blob1.sequence_number == 1
+    assert blob1.compression_codec is None
+    assert pf.get_blob_payload(blob1) == b"abcdefghi"
+
+    blob2 = pf.footer.blobs[1]
+    assert blob2.type == "some-other-blob"
+    assert blob2.fields == [2]
+    assert blob2.compression_codec is None
+    assert pf.get_blob_payload(blob2) == (
+        b"some blob \x00 binary data \xf0\x9f\xa4\xaf that is not very very very very very very long, is it?"
+    )