Balmoral bonnets

[kev_1270]

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

And Slohairt - where do i find the Balmoral's on your site. Usually pretty good at search, but even the search feature gives me no results.

[piperdbh]

...where do i find the Balmoral's on your site. Usually pretty good at search, but even the search feature gives me no results.

They're listed under "Headwear", about 3/4 of the way down the products list.

[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.

[slohairt]

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

The military TOS (like I sell) is smaller than the Balmoral and doesn't feature a cockade or ribbons. (There is a small bow, however.) They're also a lot smaller than the WW1 or WW2 style Canadian and British TOS that you would find at What Price Glory or other military reenactment shops.

[Tobus]

That was a fairly decent summary of headwear, although I had to chuckle at this one:

"Remember, the Highlanders flocked to the British army after the Battle of Culloden in 1747."

[Bassbarijpm]

I just came across this in the The-Royal-Regiments-of-Scotland-Dress-Regulations. I'm not quite sure how I got to that document but here is the link.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/22636965/T...ss-Regulations

This Ministry of Defence publication says -

"The Term Tam O' Shanter was introduces by the War Office for the older term Balmoral and the two are synomymous."

This happened about 1915.

To my understanding a Tam was always a less formal item then a Balmoral.