diff --git a/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_manager.py b/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_manager.py
index f4411e752cb7b..f74b24117d149 100644
--- a/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_manager.py
+++ b/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_manager.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from argparse import Namespace
 from collections import deque
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
 
 @dataclass
 class Shard:
-    path: str
+    path: Path
     tensor_count: int
     size: int
     tensors: deque[TensorTempData]
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ def __init__(self, args: Namespace) -> None:
 
 class GGUFManager(GGUFWriter):
     kv_data: KVTempData
-    tensors: list[TensorTempData]
     split_arguments: SplitArguments
     shards: list[Shard]
     shard_writers: list[GGUFWriter]
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def __init__(self, path: os.PathLike[str] | str, arch: str, split_arguments: Spl
         ) -> None:
         # we intentionally don't call superclass constructor
         self.arch = arch
-        self.path = path
+        self.path = Path(path)
         self.endianess = endianess
         self.kv_data = {}
         self.shards = []
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def __init__(self, path: os.PathLike[str] | str, arch: str, split_arguments: Spl
         self.state = WriterState.EMPTY
 
         if self.split_arguments.small_first_shard:
-            self.shards.append(Shard("", 0, METADATA_ONLY_INDICATOR, deque()))
+            self.shards.append(Shard(Path(), 0, METADATA_ONLY_INDICATOR, deque()))
 
     def init_shards(self) -> None:
         self.total_tensors = sum(shard.tensor_count for shard in self.shards)
@@ -95,14 +95,13 @@ def init_shards(self) -> None:
 
         # no shards are created when writing vocab so make one
         if not self.shards:
-            self.shards.append(Shard("", 0, METADATA_ONLY_INDICATOR, deque()))
+            self.shards.append(Shard(Path(), 0, METADATA_ONLY_INDICATOR, deque()))
 
         # format shard names
         if len(self.shards) == 1:
             self.shards[0].path = self.path
         else:
             for i in range(len(self.shards)):
-                # TODO with_name is not explicit - import pathlib
                 self.shards[i].path = self.path.with_name(SHARD_NAME_FORMAT.format(self.path.stem, i + 1, len(self.shards)))
 
         # print shard info
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ def add_tensor(
                 and self.shards[-1].size + GGUFManager.get_tensor_size(tensor) > self.split_arguments.split_max_size)):
 
             # we fill in the name later when we know how many shards there are
-            self.shards.append(Shard("", 1, GGUFManager.get_tensor_size(tensor), deque([(name, tensor, raw_dtype)])))
+            self.shards.append(Shard(Path(), 1, GGUFManager.get_tensor_size(tensor), deque([(name, tensor, raw_dtype)])))
         else:
             self.shards[-1].tensor_count += 1
             self.shards[-1].size += GGUFManager.get_tensor_size(tensor)