How do you put on a balmoral?

[Jordan]

That's an interesting photo showing some of the variations. I'll have to get a photo of me in my Balmoral for comparison but off the top of my head (if you excuse the pun) I wear mine with the loos material flat against the side of my head.

[ForresterModern]

..... I wear mine with the loos material flat against the side of my head.

According to some ex-military friends of mine who wore berets as part of their uniform that is "right and tight", and how I attempt to wear both my Balmorals and a couple tams and berets I have as well.

[Jordan]

Yeah I wear it similarly to how I wear my beret. It feels better than having a landing pad.

[Nathan]

Comme on, Geoff, that's not the same thing, and you know it isn't. Wearing a kippah is certainly excused, understood , allowed and right in any circumstances. Wearing a kippah is following your religion and showing everyone else that you are doing it for religious reasons. No one will question you if you wear your hat indoors (in place of your kippah), anyway, but NO ONE will think that you are wearing it for religious reasons!

That's kind of the point. Sometimes one may want to respect the almighty without having everyone single one out as a religious minority. Blend in while being observant. In an increasingly multicultural/multireligious society applying Roman originally now Christian cultural mores on everyone is just not keeping up with these diverse times...

Judaism, for example, doesn't require a kippah, it just requires a covered head... Wearing a kippah makes a person a visible ambassador for Judaism, not a burden everyone feels pius enough to carry...

Also, my regiment wore our Glengarrys with a cant to the right like most CF headdress, baret, balmoral etc..

[Carlo]

Regarding the diffrent styles you can wear your Balmoral, I think I read somewhere that the Glengarry evolved from the Balmoral because some people pulled it up as high as they could and then made a dent in the middle or something like that.

About wearing a headdress indoors might have a cultural aspect aswell as a religious.
I'm in a Studentenverbindung where the rule (goes back to at least 1815, more likely even further back) is:
A cap is a headdress therefor it belongs on the head.
You don't wear the cap:
in church (unless your with the Flag/Banner)
during anthems (same as in church)
if someone of higher rank speaks officialy
while greeting someone of higher rank
while eating
while carrying heavy stuff

I think I've got it all.
The point I want to make is, that diffrent cultures, not only religions, may have diffrent outlook on such questions. I agree that you might take your hat off as a sign of respect and I would do that with most of my headdress but as I said exceptions are possible.