The modern day military Tam o' shanter looks like this:

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Picture borrowed from here and trimmed to illustrate the point. There's more info at the link.

Cant say I think it looks bad. I'm kind of used to it though having been surrounded by Jocks during my years in HM Forces.

I do have a black balmoral which I only seldom wear, probably because of the pom. It's just not my style of hat... I took the red toorie off and replaced it with a black one but it still looked too cheesy to me (cheesy as in dressing up like a Scotsman).

Best Regards
JOHN

...of the Clan MacLately.