I have knit and fulled three Balmorals and like the look and feel of these hats. I my mind I associate tams more with the Irish then Scots, but, I am not a historian. I have a tam on my list of things to knit. I don't know if it is to be a solid color (large balmoral) or a multicolor tam.

I personally, and it is only my opinion, do not like the small balmorals I seem to be seeing more of lately. Too often I have seen balmorals so small that if set square on the head and pulled to one side it wouldn't touch the ear. For me this is to small, probably because of my fat head.

Hats should show personality, go with a TAM.