diff --git a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/binary/ffi.rs b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/binary/ffi.rs
index 5b16f18dcf50..c135c8d3d8dd 100644
--- a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/binary/ffi.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/binary/ffi.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ unsafe impl<O: Offset> ToFfi for BinaryArray<O> {
     fn buffers(&self) -> Vec<Option<*const u8>> {
         vec![
             self.validity.as_ref().map(|x| x.as_ptr()),
-            Some(self.offsets.buffer().as_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
-            Some(self.values.as_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
+            Some(self.offsets.buffer().storage_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
+            Some(self.values.storage_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
         ]
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/binview/ffi.rs b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/binview/ffi.rs
index d5fffc9919a5..71e1e56abf5d 100644
--- a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/binview/ffi.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/binview/ffi.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ unsafe impl<T: ViewType + ?Sized> ToFfi for BinaryViewArrayGeneric<T> {
     fn buffers(&self) -> Vec<Option<*const u8>> {
         let mut buffers = Vec::with_capacity(self.buffers.len() + 2);
         buffers.push(self.validity.as_ref().map(|x| x.as_ptr()));
-        buffers.push(Some(self.views.as_ptr().cast::<u8>()));
-        buffers.extend(self.buffers.iter().map(|b| Some(b.as_ptr())));
+        buffers.push(Some(self.views.storage_ptr().cast::<u8>()));
+        buffers.extend(self.buffers.iter().map(|b| Some(b.storage_ptr())));
         buffers
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/binview/mod.rs b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/binview/mod.rs
index 95e0f00fd100..325966d5ecdf 100644
--- a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/binview/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/binview/mod.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ unsafe impl<T: ViewType + ?Sized> Sync for BinaryViewArrayGeneric<T> {}
 fn buffers_into_raw<T>(buffers: &[Buffer<T>]) -> Arc<[(*const T, usize)]> {
     buffers
         .iter()
-        .map(|buf| (buf.as_ptr(), buf.len()))
+        .map(|buf| (buf.storage_ptr(), buf.len()))
         .collect()
 }
 
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ impl<T: ViewType + ?Sized> BinaryViewArrayGeneric<T> {
         // data: 12 bytes
 
         let bytes = if len <= 12 {
-            let ptr = self.views.as_ptr() as *const u8;
+            let ptr = self.views.storage_ptr() as *const u8;
             std::slice::from_raw_parts(ptr.add(i * 16 + 4), len as usize)
         } else {
             let buffer_idx = (v >> 64) as u32;
diff --git a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/fixed_size_binary/ffi.rs b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/fixed_size_binary/ffi.rs
index aaa38e461eca..43af7fef58ad 100644
--- a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/fixed_size_binary/ffi.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/fixed_size_binary/ffi.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ unsafe impl ToFfi for FixedSizeBinaryArray {
     fn buffers(&self) -> Vec<Option<*const u8>> {
         vec![
             self.validity.as_ref().map(|x| x.as_ptr()),
-            Some(self.values.as_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
+            Some(self.values.storage_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
         ]
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/list/ffi.rs b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/list/ffi.rs
index 2709634681c7..e536a713cbc2 100644
--- a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/list/ffi.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/list/ffi.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ unsafe impl<O: Offset> ToFfi for ListArray<O> {
     fn buffers(&self) -> Vec<Option<*const u8>> {
         vec![
             self.validity.as_ref().map(|x| x.as_ptr()),
-            Some(self.offsets.buffer().as_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
+            Some(self.offsets.buffer().storage_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
         ]
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/map/ffi.rs b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/map/ffi.rs
index 3436e06b6360..fad531671703 100644
--- a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/map/ffi.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/map/ffi.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ unsafe impl ToFfi for MapArray {
     fn buffers(&self) -> Vec<Option<*const u8>> {
         vec![
             self.validity.as_ref().map(|x| x.as_ptr()),
-            Some(self.offsets.buffer().as_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
+            Some(self.offsets.buffer().storage_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
         ]
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/primitive/ffi.rs b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/primitive/ffi.rs
index 22b7f3cfacad..ae22cf2e9a9c 100644
--- a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/primitive/ffi.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/primitive/ffi.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ unsafe impl<T: NativeType> ToFfi for PrimitiveArray<T> {
     fn buffers(&self) -> Vec<Option<*const u8>> {
         vec![
             self.validity.as_ref().map(|x| x.as_ptr()),
-            Some(self.values.as_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
+            Some(self.values.storage_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
         ]
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/union/ffi.rs b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/union/ffi.rs
index 4cbcb2d35ced..1510b29e2588 100644
--- a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/union/ffi.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/union/ffi.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ unsafe impl ToFfi for UnionArray {
     fn buffers(&self) -> Vec<Option<*const u8>> {
         if let Some(offsets) = &self.offsets {
             vec![
-                Some(self.types.as_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
-                Some(offsets.as_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
+                Some(self.types.storage_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
+                Some(offsets.storage_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
             ]
         } else {
-            vec![Some(self.types.as_ptr().cast::<u8>())]
+            vec![Some(self.types.storage_ptr().cast::<u8>())]
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/utf8/ffi.rs b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/utf8/ffi.rs
index 8328b8a66f2a..5bdced4df6f1 100644
--- a/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/utf8/ffi.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-arrow/src/array/utf8/ffi.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ unsafe impl<O: Offset> ToFfi for Utf8Array<O> {
     fn buffers(&self) -> Vec<Option<*const u8>> {
         vec![
             self.validity.as_ref().map(|x| x.as_ptr()),
-            Some(self.offsets.buffer().as_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
-            Some(self.values.as_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
+            Some(self.offsets.buffer().storage_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
+            Some(self.values.storage_ptr().cast::<u8>()),
         ]
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/polars-arrow/src/buffer/immutable.rs b/crates/polars-arrow/src/buffer/immutable.rs
index 8435cba4d725..5371cc71030c 100644
--- a/crates/polars-arrow/src/buffer/immutable.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-arrow/src/buffer/immutable.rs
@@ -40,17 +40,19 @@ use crate::array::ArrayAccessor;
 /// ```
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Buffer<T> {
-    /// the internal byte buffer.
-    data: Arc<Bytes<T>>,
+    /// The internal byte buffer.
+    storage: Arc<Bytes<T>>,
 
-    /// The offset into the buffer.
-    offset: usize,
+    /// A pointer into the buffer where our data starts.
+    ptr: *const T,
 
-    // the length of the buffer. Given a region `data` of N bytes, [offset..offset+length] is visible
-    // to this buffer.
+    // The length of the buffer.
     length: usize,
 }
 
+unsafe impl<T: Sync> Sync for Buffer<T> {}
+unsafe impl<T: Send> Send for Buffer<T> {}
+
 impl<T: PartialEq> PartialEq for Buffer<T> {
     #[inline]
     fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
@@ -80,10 +82,11 @@ impl<T> Buffer<T> {
 
     /// Auxiliary method to create a new Buffer
     pub(crate) fn from_bytes(bytes: Bytes<T>) -> Self {
+        let ptr = bytes.as_ptr();
         let length = bytes.len();
         Buffer {
-            data: Arc::new(bytes),
-            offset: 0,
+            storage: Arc::new(bytes),
+            ptr,
             length,
         }
     }
@@ -97,14 +100,14 @@ impl<T> Buffer<T> {
     /// Returns whether the buffer is empty.
     #[inline]
     pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.len() == 0
+        self.length == 0
     }
 
     /// Returns whether underlying data is sliced.
     /// If sliced the [`Buffer`] is backed by
     /// more data than the length of `Self`.
     pub fn is_sliced(&self) -> bool {
-        self.data.len() != self.length
+        self.storage.len() != self.length
     }
 
     /// Returns the byte slice stored in this buffer
@@ -112,11 +115,8 @@ impl<T> Buffer<T> {
     pub fn as_slice(&self) -> &[T] {
         // Safety:
         // invariant of this struct `offset + length <= data.len()`
-        debug_assert!(self.offset + self.length <= self.data.len());
-        unsafe {
-            self.data
-                .get_unchecked(self.offset..self.offset + self.length)
-        }
+        debug_assert!(self.offset() + self.length <= self.storage.len());
+        unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(self.ptr, self.length) }
     }
 
     /// Returns the byte slice stored in this buffer
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ impl<T> Buffer<T> {
         // Safety:
         // invariant of this function
         debug_assert!(index < self.length);
-        unsafe { self.data.get_unchecked(self.offset + index) }
+        unsafe { &*self.ptr.add(index) }
     }
 
     /// Returns a new [`Buffer`] that is a slice of this buffer starting at `offset`.
@@ -173,20 +173,24 @@ impl<T> Buffer<T> {
     /// The caller must ensure `offset + length <= self.len()`
     #[inline]
     pub unsafe fn slice_unchecked(&mut self, offset: usize, length: usize) {
-        self.offset += offset;
+        self.ptr = self.ptr.add(offset);
         self.length = length;
     }
 
-    /// Returns a pointer to the start of this buffer.
+    /// Returns a pointer to the start of the storage underlying this buffer.
     #[inline]
-    pub(crate) fn as_ptr(&self) -> *const T {
-        self.data.deref().as_ptr()
+    pub(crate) fn storage_ptr(&self) -> *const T {
+        self.storage.as_ptr()
     }
 
-    /// Returns the offset of this buffer.
+    /// Returns the start offset of this buffer within the underlying storage.
     #[inline]
     pub fn offset(&self) -> usize {
-        self.offset
+        unsafe {
+            let ret = self.ptr.offset_from(self.storage.as_ptr()) as usize;
+            debug_assert!(ret <= self.storage.len());
+            ret
+        }
     }
 
     /// # Safety
@@ -200,14 +204,14 @@ impl<T> Buffer<T> {
     ///
     /// This operation returns [`Either::Right`] iff this [`Buffer`]:
     /// * has not been cloned (i.e. [`Arc`]`::get_mut` yields [`Some`])
-    /// * has not been imported from the c data interface (FFI)
+    /// * has not been imported from the C data interface (FFI)
     #[inline]
     pub fn into_mut(mut self) -> Either<Self, Vec<T>> {
-        // We loose information if the data is sliced.
-        if self.length != self.data.len() {
+        // We lose information if the data is sliced.
+        if self.is_sliced() {
             return Either::Left(self);
         }
-        match Arc::get_mut(&mut self.data)
+        match Arc::get_mut(&mut self.storage)
             .and_then(|b| b.get_vec())
             .map(std::mem::take)
         {
@@ -216,65 +220,27 @@ impl<T> Buffer<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns a mutable reference to its underlying `Vec`, if possible.
-    /// Note that only `[self.offset(), self.offset() + self.len()[` in this vector is visible
-    /// by this buffer.
-    ///
-    /// This operation returns [`Some`] iff this [`Buffer`]:
-    /// * has not been cloned (i.e. [`Arc`]`::get_mut` yields [`Some`])
-    /// * has not been imported from the c data interface (FFI)
-    /// # Safety
-    /// The caller must ensure that the vector in the mutable reference keeps a length of at least `self.offset() + self.len() - 1`.
-    #[inline]
-    pub unsafe fn get_mut(&mut self) -> Option<&mut Vec<T>> {
-        Arc::get_mut(&mut self.data).and_then(|b| b.get_vec())
-    }
-
     /// Returns a mutable reference to its slice, if possible.
     ///
     /// This operation returns [`Some`] iff this [`Buffer`]:
     /// * has not been cloned (i.e. [`Arc`]`::get_mut` yields [`Some`])
-    /// * has not been imported from the c data interface (FFI)
+    /// * has not been imported from the C data interface (FFI)
     #[inline]
     pub fn get_mut_slice(&mut self) -> Option<&mut [T]> {
-        Arc::get_mut(&mut self.data)
-            .and_then(|b| b.get_vec())
-            // Safety: the invariant of this struct
-            .map(|x| unsafe { x.get_unchecked_mut(self.offset..self.offset + self.length) })
+        let offset = self.offset();
+        let unique = Arc::get_mut(&mut self.storage)?;
+        let vec = unique.get_vec()?;
+        Some(unsafe { vec.get_unchecked_mut(offset..offset + self.length) })
     }
 
     /// Get the strong count of underlying `Arc` data buffer.
     pub fn shared_count_strong(&self) -> usize {
-        Arc::strong_count(&self.data)
+        Arc::strong_count(&self.storage)
     }
 
     /// Get the weak count of underlying `Arc` data buffer.
     pub fn shared_count_weak(&self) -> usize {
-        Arc::weak_count(&self.data)
-    }
-
-    /// Returns its internal representation
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn into_inner(self) -> (Arc<Bytes<T>>, usize, usize) {
-        let Self {
-            data,
-            offset,
-            length,
-        } = self;
-        (data, offset, length)
-    }
-
-    /// Creates a `[Bitmap]` from its internal representation.
-    /// This is the inverted from `[Bitmap::into_inner]`
-    ///
-    /// # Safety
-    /// Callers must ensure all invariants of this struct are upheld.
-    pub unsafe fn from_inner_unchecked(data: Arc<Bytes<T>>, offset: usize, length: usize) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            data,
-            offset,
-            length,
-        }
+        Arc::weak_count(&self.storage)
     }
 }
 
@@ -288,10 +254,12 @@ impl<T> From<Vec<T>> for Buffer<T> {
     #[inline]
     fn from(p: Vec<T>) -> Self {
         let bytes: Bytes<T> = p.into();
+        let ptr = bytes.as_ptr();
+        let length = bytes.len();
         Self {
-            offset: 0,
-            length: bytes.len(),
-            data: Arc::new(bytes),
+            storage: Arc::new(bytes),
+            ptr,
+            length,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -332,8 +300,9 @@ impl<T: crate::types::NativeType> From<arrow_buffer::Buffer> for Buffer<T> {
 #[cfg(feature = "arrow_rs")]
 impl<T: crate::types::NativeType> From<Buffer<T>> for arrow_buffer::Buffer {
     fn from(value: Buffer<T>) -> Self {
-        crate::buffer::to_buffer(value.data).slice_with_length(
-            value.offset * std::mem::size_of::<T>(),
+        let offset = value.offset();
+        crate::buffer::to_buffer(value.storage).slice_with_length(
+            offset * std::mem::size_of::<T>(),
             value.length * std::mem::size_of::<T>(),
         )
     }
@@ -343,7 +312,7 @@ unsafe impl<'a, T: 'a> ArrayAccessor<'a> for Buffer<T> {
     type Item = &'a T;
 
     unsafe fn value_unchecked(&'a self, index: usize) -> Self::Item {
-        self.as_slice().get_unchecked(index)
+        unsafe { &*self.ptr.add(index) }
     }
 
     fn len(&self) -> usize {
diff --git a/crates/polars-arrow/src/legacy/conversion.rs b/crates/polars-arrow/src/legacy/conversion.rs
index 77ed4cefda07..03cfafa452cf 100644
--- a/crates/polars-arrow/src/legacy/conversion.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-arrow/src/legacy/conversion.rs
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@ pub fn chunk_to_struct(chunk: Chunk<ArrayRef>, fields: Vec<Field>) -> StructArra
 /// [Arc::get_mut]: std::sync::Arc::get_mut
 pub fn primitive_to_vec<T: NativeType>(arr: ArrayRef) -> Option<Vec<T>> {
     let arr_ref = arr.as_any().downcast_ref::<PrimitiveArray<T>>().unwrap();
-    let mut buffer = arr_ref.values().clone();
-    drop(arr);
-    // Safety:
-    // if the `get_mut` is successful
-    // we are the only owner and we drop it
-    // so it is safe to take the vec
-    unsafe { buffer.get_mut().map(std::mem::take) }
+    let buffer = arr_ref.values().clone();
+    drop(arr); // Drop original reference so refcount becomes 1 if possible.
+    buffer.into_mut().right()
 }