Balmoral bonnets

[HarborSpringsPiper]

Could some one explain the difference between a Balmoral and a Tam O'Shanter?

I was about to post a response to this and decided to see what Google produced. After all, copy and past is always easier, if nothing else.

Here's someone's descriptions and though I have some problems with some of what is said here, it's a fair survey of Scottish bonnets. http://www.scottish-wedding-dreams.c...h-bonnets.html

I tend to think of the TOS as being the big, floppy knit variety, however, the military version is also referred to as a TOS. In my mind's eye, the military version is sort of a Balmoral hybrid but not all might agree.